BY MAYOWA SAMUEL
The Lagos State Government has banned all forms of corporal punishment in the state’s public schools.
The State Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, disclosed this on Wednesday at the scientific conference of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba in Lagos.
The programme was themed: “Corporal Punishment in the Modern African Setting”, with the Sub-theme: Examining the Scientific Evidence behind Corporal Punishment”.
Representing the commissioner who was also the special guest of honour at the event, a Director in the State ministry, Adumasi Bosede, decried the prevalence of corporal punishment in schools and homes, as the effects in most cases result to negative outcomes.
“There had been occasions whereby corporal punishment given by a teacher to a child either in form of flogging or bullying had eventually led to the death of the child, thereby implicating the teacher.
“To avert such ugly incidents, including other negative effects of corporal punishment; there is a policy in Lagos State prohibiting teachers from inflicting corporal punishment on students and pupils in schools.
“Meanwhile, there are other alternative ways to discipline and correct children, which are being adopted in the schools,” she said.
